Published: Friday, February 22, 2013 at 9:41 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, February 22, 2013 at 9:41 p.m.

Darius Rucker

Darius Rucker will perform May 31 at Charter Amphitheatre in Simpsonville.

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The South Carolina native, who rose to fame as the front man for Hootie & the Blowfish, will perform May 31 at the Charter Amphitheatre in Simpsonville.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. March 1 at www.ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000, the Charter Amphitheatre ticket office (10 a.m.-noon) or at the Bi-Lo Center ticket office.

The concert will also feature special guests Justin Moore and Jana Kramer.

Rucker just released his new single, “Wagon Wheel,” to country music radio. The new single, a cover of an Old Crow Medicine Show song, is from Rucker's upcoming third solo country album, “True Believers,” which will be released this spring.

Rucker recently had a childhood dream come true when he was inducted as the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry. His first two county albums, “Learn to Live” and “Charleston, SC 1966,” both topped the Billboard Country album chart and produced five No. 1 hits (“Come Back Song,” “This,” “Alright,” “It Won't Be Like This For Long” and “Don't' Think I Don't Think About it.”

Kramer, who starred as Alex Dupre on the CW's “One Tree Hill,” was recently nominated for the 2013 ACM New Artist of the Year award. “Why Ya Wanna,” the first single from her eponymous debut album, rose to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country chart last fall.

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